As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

No mortal man is wise at all times.

No mortal man is wise at all times.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.

He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.